Climate Katsina/yaradura 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Maradi Airport (DRRM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	51.9	52	63	58	67	22
February	45.3	58	28	39	53	48
March	49.6	47	80	27	31	64
April	86.4		81	95	89	81
May	93.5		94	90	99	90
June	96.5		96	98	94	99
July	97.6		99	98	97	97
August	96.2		98	91	99	96
September	96.4		99	98	99	97
October	80.8		63	72	88	85
November	79.2		50	83	93	74
December	60.8		42	65	50	84
Average	75.2	52.4	75.6	76.2	79.1	78.0

2nd best VFR conditions of Niger

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	64.6	70	72	70	75	39
February	58.1	74	43	50	65	60
March	64.0	73	90	35	45	81
April	93.4		85	99	97	93
May	95.9		95	97	100	92
June	98.5		99	98	99	99
July	98.9		100	99	99	98
August	98.5		99	97	100	99
September	97.8		99	99	99	98
October	91.0		86	80	97	94
November	87.6		69	91	98	82
December	74.3		67	75	68	86
Average	83.9	72.1	84.5	82.4	86.0	85.0

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	30.4	31	31	28	33	29
February	32.2	33	32	32	32	32
March	38.0	40	38	37	37	38
April	40.6		40	41	41	41
May	40.3		41	40	41	40
June	36.7		36	37	37	37
July	33.0		34	32	33	33
August	30.9		32	30	31	31
September	33.0		33	32	33	32
October	35.8		37	35	37	36
November	35.5		36	34	37	34
December	31.6		31	32	30	34
Average	34.5	34.4	35.0	34.1	35.2	34.6

5th highest temperature of Niger

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	14.7	15	15	13	16	15
February	16.6	18	18	16	15	15
March	21.8	23	23	20	22	22
April	25.3		26	26	24	26
May	27.4		28	27	27	28
June	26.0		26	26	26	26
July	23.4		24	24	23	23
August	22.1		23	22	21	23
September	21.3		21	23	21	19
October	22.1		23	22	22	23
November	18.6		20	18	19	18
December	15.3		16	16	15	16
Average	20.6	18.8	21.8	21.2	20.8	21.1

1st lowest temperature of Niger

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.1	0	1	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.9		0	3	1	1
August	2.4		1	4	2	3
September	0.6		0	0	0	2
October	0.3		0	0	1	1
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.3		0.1	0.6	0.2	0.4

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	11.7	13	10	11	11	13
February	12.2	12	12	12	12	13
March	9.1	10	8	9	10	9
April	7.2		7	6	8	8
May	7.5		8	7	7	8
June	7.7		8	7	8	8
July	7.7		7	8	9	7
August	6.6		6	7	6	7
September	5.3		5	5	5	6
October	6.6		7	8	6	7
November	8.5		10	10	7	10
December	10.5		11	11	11	9
Average	8.7	11.9	8.2	8.3	8.3	8.7

5th highest wind speed of Niger

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	091°	079°	090°	092°	091°
February	082°	073°	095°	092°	090°
March	091°	080°	092°	094°	093°
April		349°	268°	092°	099°
May		272°	270°	225°	263°
June		260°	261°	270°	269°
July		269°	264°	252°	260°
August		256°	259°	267°	265°
September		266°	268°	277°	274°
October		080°	087°	092°	094°
November		085°	092°	103°	092°
December		086°	063°	088°	090°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.